Wick-engaging member and method of manufacturing it.



A. J. BLACKFORD. WICK BNGAGING MEMBER Am METHGD olf MANUPAGTUMNG 1T.

APPLIGAToH FILED MAR. 9, 1912.

ATWELL J. ABLKFORD. OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSGNOR TO AMERICAN STOVECOMEANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. A CGRPURATION OF JERSEY.

WICK-ENGAGING MEMBER. ANI) METHOD O3? MANUFACTURING IT4 To all lw/iom itmay concern Be it known that I, A'rwnmA J. Billion nono, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga. andState of Ohio, have invented ay certain new and useful ln'iprovement. iniViclc-lhigagging Member and Method of llfanufarturing It,'ot` which thefollowinis a specification, reference being had therein 1o theaccompanying drawing.

My invent-ion relates to an improvementin wick engaging member7 flameconverters, and method of manufacturingf;l it7 t'or use with wick oilburners.

This invention relates to that class of' wichv oil burners ot' the blueflame type, wherein a flame defleetor is constructed to convertlhe whiteor yellow flame into a hlue llameT and is sometimes referred to as aflame converter. This type of burner to which my present inventionrelates has the flame converter provided with a wick engaging inemherand a flange thereahove to protect the wick from the radiant heat'of theflame. in burners of this type, heretofore known to me, the wickengaging member is in substantially the form of a flange, which extendsover the top of the Wick, and, in practice, it is found that with theflange the wick is difficult to light and that the amount of metalcontained in the flange and engaging -the wick conveys and conducts asutlicient amount of heat to injurionsly char the wick.

One object of my present invention is to overcome the difficulty in thelighting ot' the wick, and the large amount of metal resting thereon byforming the wick-engaging meniher ot' a plurality ofl arms radiatingfrom the body of the deflector,Y which exposes the top of the wickbetween the arms to enahle it to he readily lighted, and which very ma`terially reduces the area of the metal which is in engagement, with thetop olE the wick.

Another object of my present invention is to construct the lower portionof the defleelor, the wick engaging meml'iors and the yflangetherealoove ol. a single piece of metal.

, iffurther object ol my invention pertains li the method of forming thelower liody portion of the deflector7 the wiel(-engagiimr arms and theflange thereahove from a single piece of metal.

ln the acooiripan'ying; drawings-Figure l is a vertical centralsectional View ofE the Specification of Letters Patent,

Application filed March 3. 1512.

llatenieil Jan. @L lille.

Serial NoV 682.686.

liurner portion ol,E that type of wick hlue fian'ienhuruei to which mypresent invention pertains. Fig. 2 is an inverted perspective view etinv improved llame defleetor or converter. lim'. Il is a sectional viewallowingv the shape ot the piereof metal at. one slaae ol' convertingitinto i wiel: eingaggina` meiii4 her willi a flange lhei'eahove,Vll'ie'.` YlY is a similar sectional view showing' the next `step inflaming the llame eiigtaginig meuiher and the llang'e thereahoven hip.ii is a secl'i/,inal view ot the completed llame engaging' ineinher withthe flange lherealiove. n i y The type ot wich hlue-"laine oil stoves towhich this inv Aation relates. is now so wellltnown to ihow sltilh'd inthe art that a feneral desiription thereof will he sufficient lo euahlein v improvementlo he understood.

Referring now lo the drawings in which like rel'ereure chaval-leredenote the saine parts, l is a wirk which extends down into a chaniheror wiel; space Q. This wiel( l is veiilirally adjuslahle hv means otlanv suitahle torni of' wielm'ais Il. i

lflefcrriiv: now lo the flame deflector or convener, 4 is a. vel-tivalflange which con` slitutes the lower hody portion of the converter. andthis flange has secured therein a suilahle spider .7 having an openingf5 in. which a rod 7 looselyY fits. 'lhe lower-end of this rod 7 isfirmly supported hy a bracket f extending from the inner wichr tuhe i).

and its upper end is provided with a detach-y ahle screw-eve or nut l()`for limiting;l the upper movement oll the converter and also to permitthe converter to he removed. The spider 5 projects ahove the upper endof the flange fl and supports an inverted dis`nshaped cap ll.

My present invention relates to the construction of the member 4. rl`hismember 4 comprises. as slated: a vertical flange and has its upper endturned outward to form an outwardly extending annular flange at theupper end ole the member. AS Shown in l-`i;j. Il: the upper portion ofthe flange 14, is provided with a plurality of vertical openings lil.lio il ,shows the form ot' the memrwr at one ago ol the construction ofthe eoiiipleled dov/irteS shown in lllg. 5. It is common (o lnrin from asingle piece ot metal a memher hai/'ii f a vertical flange ll-G andoutwarr" lending; flange lf2, as shown l e manner .olf also forming il;

.f ling: il,

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nzed. 'inn spa-nen un n.5.

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- ihn arms which xn in n, vertical tion as a radiant heat interceptorfor the upper end 0f the wink.

Having thus described. my inventom what claim and desire t@ seem-e byLetters Ps1-t" en. is:

Th@ mnthod of forming n Wink engag ing; member :nn .fi-une nnnverters,cnnsiting in plovidng an nnnn'lnl' "Hangs, cutting tnm'nnx n plurali@ nfopenings around its ':ircmnfn'nnnn 10 provide plurality of nngtndnnlymwanged firms, bulging the said :wins nntwzmfl and bending.: them at th@(temer back npnn nach other to form u pinnity nf :"nny nntwmdlyextending urlns.

The?, method of forming :1 Wick engag ing; member for 'flame converters`having un nutwm'fy extnnding Hnge tlereabove, con siszizing; inpnvidingg an annular flange with un nntwardy mtencng; Hang@ at ita upperand and. vnrtcaj/ mrlfangxe openings in the flange 1r-Ouml in;Clm'zmfelsencn and below ihn sind nutwnrdly extenc'ing amge to form'vnl'tinnly nria'nngnl :2r-msj buiging the said :mns nntwufrd and fnnlybanding the anims nii mail' inc/Y and dnubng thln back on wenn when toifm-m plu 'zdtjf nf outwardly l :wnis below the Said outwardly n: endingflange.

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